English is soon branching out into a variety of global dialects.In future,may be , users of global Standard English might replace the American,British and Australian English dialects',with a lot of regional terms and styles!This change, will flow in the direction of the nations with maximum number of non native English speakers.Ofcourse Professor David Crystal has said it right.We Indians may also have a big role in this process of transition.
Prof Crystal said: "In language, numbers count. There are more people speaking English in India than in the rest of the native English-speaking world.